The President was scheduled to address the event at the Mansion House tomorrow morning while in London for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Queen.
However the Colombo Gazette has been made to understand that the President’s speech has been cancelled owing to security concerns following protests by the Tamil Diaspora.
Meanwhile the official website of the Commonwealth Business Council which is hosting the Forum said that the morning session has been cancelled but the afternoon session will go on as scheduled.
“After careful consideration the morning sessions of the Forum on Wednesday 6th of June have been cancelled and will not take place. The event will therefore commence with lunch at 1300hrs followed by the originally planned afternoon sessions beginning at 1400hrs,” the Commonwealth Business Council said. | 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s scheduled speech at the Diamond Jubilee Commonwealth Economic Forum in London tomorrow has reportedly been cancelled.
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Four suspects and students of Chenkaladi Central collage connection with Chenkaladi double murder further remanded till May 29. [
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Was former PM Rajiv Gandhi targeted while he was touring Mysore days before his assassination at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991? According to CM Siddaramaiah, there was an attempt to kill Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Mysore. [
Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna stated “I always respect R.Sambanthan and Mawai Senadhiraja”. [
The army will shift most of the camps in the Jaffna peninsula to Palaly, Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said today. [
Officer of the child affairs J.Jayanakenady announced disabled girl (18) was sexually abused in Kanagarayankulam in Vavuniya. [
Indian High Commissioner to SriLanka Ashok K.Kantha informed Tamil National Alliance that India fail to achieve victor on granting proper solution to problems faced Tamils in SriLanka. [
Unblasted bomb recovered from Vavunatheevu police division in Batticaloa district. [
UNP MP Sajith Premadasa says his father gave one group in the LTTE weapons in order to try and create a split in the LTTE. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [